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My desktop computer has been having problems, and everytime I turn on my computer, everything is fine, until it reaches the login screen. At that point, my monitor blacks out, the light of my monitor changes color, and it says that there's no signal. However, on safe mode, there are …

I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop. The dvd/cd drive doesn't show up in MY COMPUTER anymore. It has also stopped reading any disc that I put in it. I went to DEVICE MANAGER and there is a yellow exclamation mark on the dvd/cd drive. When I try to update …

0x1000007e (0xc0000005, 0x00000000, 0xf7a957c4, 0xf7a954c0) attached is a couple of minidumps(dunno how to read it) steps I did: - ran anti virus and spyware scans, came out clean. - updated XP w/ the latest updates - updated iTunes - system restore to 1 and 2 weeks ago, same thing - …

Hey guyz :) i need help connecting my laptop to HDTV with vga wire.The problem im having is that whn i plug my wire to laptop and restart it shows evrything like windows is loading but when its about to get to the desktop my laptop screen gets black so …

I use xp sp3. A trojan was found during a scan this morning by avast. Win32:Agent-IWC , I tried to get info about it but I must be typing it in wrong at the av sites. I couldn't find it at avast either. I just would like to know as …

I run XP home edition SP3, browsers firefox google chrome and IE7, printer, scanner, have all MS updates. The trouble when I place a cd or dvd in the drive it crashes the pc. I noticed it when using OpenOffice and trying to burn a slideshow. Openoffice would crash sometimes …

Hi all; Weirdest thing has happeend to me today. I removed an application called Magnifique, [url]http://magnifiqueapp.com[/url], that is for Skinning OSX. I removed the application by dropping it into the Trash, then flushing it, then I went into /Library/Application Support/Magnifique and I removed the magnifique folder. I rebooted, then when …

Hi everyone! I would like to create the image of my windows XP. The image should have all the software which I have installed in it, and all the settings, like limited account and other domain settings. I want to write the image to my CD or DVD and give …

Heya, I've had enough of windows and I'm attempting to install Ubuntu 8.10 desktop i386 version. The installation and everything works fine, but when I remove the cd (as asked to) and reboot the computer I get the message "Grub error 22".. I've been using ubuntu before but never seen …

Windows XP Media Center Version 2005 with update rollup 2 Dell XPS 410 System will not fully boot to anything. When running Dell utility disk using diagnostics the system displays the title message. I am unsure if this a harddrive or RAM issue or possible something else? Please help.

pls..help me..as soon as you read my post.thanks.. hello, pls someone lend me a hand. My Nod32 kept on detecting a virus called Object: C:\Users\Karen\Appdata\Local\Temp\AgjjQXbc.ini threat Win32.virtumonde.NEO application then after detecting all, it automatically reboot then again and again. I also have the same problem as the first person who …

I've hit a bit of a block and need some help. I have already set up my httpd.conf file to enable Virtual Hosts. I also set up httpd-vhosts.conf with a bunch of vitual hosts. I've been using them and they work fine (this is on my dev machine, not a …

Windows Explorer on XP SP3 is behaving oddly. In the Folders two-pane view, I am accustomed to browsing through the contents of my folders by highlighting a folder in the left pane, then using the cursor-down key in the left pane to move to the next folder, and the next …

hi, i have just finished building my pc, it has a GF8100VM-M5 motherboard, AMD Phenom 8450 x3 processor and a geforce 9800gt xxx edition graphics card, i have a few problems the first one is i always have to turn my pc on and off a few times before i …

I would like to build a batchfile on my desktop to tune the access to my HDDs. There is a command to start within cmd: "fsutil.exe fsinfo statistics c:" Does anybody know the structure of an appropriate batchfile?

hi, I've got a game in this file format(.cdd ,.sub,.img) i dont know how to use these... please can someone direct me on how to end up playing this game... thank you for your help....

I have a network with windows xp workstations and a Windows 2003 server domain controller. One of the workstations has a printer attahced to it which is shared over the network. Everything works fine until the computer with the printer attached is off and on again. Every time it happens, …

I have been reading some of the other posts because about a month ago I had the "free spyware" program that popped up on my computer and took over. I remember reading that it was some type of rootkit. I used several of the suggestions that were listed in other …

I have an issue where all of the links created by searched in Google (I tried other search engines as well) when selected redirect to an ad. The link starts with the web address of [url]www.go.google.com[/url].... and then redirects to a website usually completely unrelated to the initial search. This …

I have windows XP and fedora 8 installed in my laptop. For some days evreything is ok, but suddenly when I try to open windows XP It shows the windows loading screen and then it showsit shows the error AUTOCHK.EXE PROGRAM NOT FOUND SKIPPING AUTOCHEK and then restarts. I checked …

Please help me decide what is better now and 2 years down the line. 1.(Cheaper PC) Intel Core2 Duo 2.8Ghz E7400(3MB) CPU 2GB DDR2 RAM 250GB SATA II -7200RPM HDD Midi Tower Case DVD Writer +/_ ( 22x) DL (8.5GB) Onboard sound w/ speakers 17" LG LCD Monitor Optical Mouse …

Hello everyone, I'm a newbie and in need of some help. My laptop was running really slowly, with loads of pop-ups all the time so I ran SpyBot Search and Destroy, and "fixed" the issues it came up with. I use Firefox, and also cleared the cache there and all …

this is a very basic command prompt question (sorry if i posted it in the wrong place) is there a command for cmd to sleep/wait for say 5 seconds? like say i have a .cmd file that says "start www.google.com" but i want it to wait 5 seconds before opening …

Recently, my computer's been having weird pop-ups about Windows Defender which I've never downloaded. I ran a virus scan with avast and such, adaware, stuff like that... nothing much at all. I noticed several posts about this Vundo thing and have been researching for hours. This post helped the most: …

hello every 1 em new on dis site ..!! :D so actually my problem is that few days back i reinstalled windows and it was working fine.. but after when i installed by drivers and restarted, I just got a wallpaper widout icons and explorer.exe den i manually had to …

I have a network with 2 desktops running Windows Vista, 1 desktop running Windows XP, and 2 laptops running Windows Vista. I have a Linksys NLSU2 disk server with a 250 Gb drive attached to it. This drive is shared all over the network. From one of the desktops running …

Hi! I have the same problem... my taskbar changes and my volume doesn't start if I use another program that has sound (eg. if i listen to winamp, and i decide to go on youtube or a web page with sound it doesn't start. it works vice-versa as well. I …

Now, I know darn good and well to keep open containers away from my laptop, however, as I was walking into my room, mug o' coffee in hand, it splashed a tad. I squawked and promptly wiped it up with the nearest available absorbent material (my t-shirt). It was just …

help please - i have a problem with my graphics firmware my laptop is a sony vaio vgn-tz21wn running vista business sp1 i think the cause is as follows - a few days ago i was changing some display options (left click on an empty part of the screen) and …

Hi all my daughter has a Asus x8ol laptop and started to do a system recovery with the disc provided with the laptop, she followed the instructions and now has a white screen with the word ERROR (in red) accross it and in the top corner is says error 23 …

Hi. I'm new to daniweb and i saw that people had the same problem as me and they got their problems fixed. I ran HJT and got this log. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 12:02:59 PM, on 4/12/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet …

Hi everybody, I'm planning to upgrade my Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit to either Windows 7 Ultimate beta or Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. I ain't quite sure if I could upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. Can anyone help me out here? Anything I need to know before I go …

The last time I attempted a major OS update, the world ended as my computer knew it, resulting in a complete clean reinstall of everything! Needless to say, all emails were lost. Everything else was backed up, thank goodness. I've finally gotten up the courage to reattempt the update but …

I have got a weird problem with text terminals. When I am switching to text terminals 1-6 with key-combinations [B]Ctrl+Alt+F1[/B], [B]Ctrl+Alt+F2[/B] ... [B]Ctrl+Alt+F6[/B], I am getting on my screen only white blinking vertical lines. I have added a photo attachment here. I think, that this is a matter of graphics, …

hello So I log in jump on firefox get a little browsing finished and then i cant get anywhere else either home or to another site much les load the one im trying to get to Ive run my checks malwarebytes and the like nothing pops up. If i back …

Hi, I was wondering if I got an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.6ghz, is that 2.6ghz PER core (5.2 ghz total), or is it the total for all of the cores? Thanks in advance.

Hi guys, I work at an internet cafe as a technician, and the own wants customers to be able to create their own Warcraft 3 games. I found the ports (6112-6119), but there are not enough forward spaces in the router (linksys) to forward every computer (not to mention i …

My computer became infected with: TrojanDownloader:Win32/Renos.EE After Googol searching, I found information on your forum about how to dispose of the virus. I downloaded Malwarbytes as suggested and thought that it got rid of it. The post suggested that the (2) logs get posted so users could verify nothing else …

I have installed RHEL5.0 Server (Kernel 2.6.18-53.el5). I am trying to connect Nokia series40 Mobile using DKE-2 Cable. When I connect Mobile on one of the USB Port, Server gets hanged. The entries in the log/messages are as follows [QUOTE]Apr 9 18:08:43 FAPC08010038-803 kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB …

This computer is an E Machine 600. Cant get the monitor to work right.It turns on but is full of colors and flashes. I tried another monitor with the same results.Any help would be appreciated.

Hi DaniWeb miracle workers! Hope all is well with you. I was wondering if someone would be so kind to help me out with this. My desktop at home has gotten slower and slower so I came once again to Daniweb to try to figure out the problem. I followed …

Hey guys, I am helping out a friend and her computer fails to startup in safe mode while trying to initialize the video driver. Also, there are numerous spywares that are preventing her from installing virus removal software and so below is a hijackthis log that tells everything that is …

hi, i just "yum install jdk*.i386" and installation was complete without any error. however, i tried to #javac helloworld " and javac is not found in the $PATH. i tried to locate it and didn't find it. would anyone shed some light on where the "yum install" installed my jdk …

I am newbie, really need some help. My computer is full of viruses, spyware and other stuff. I'm not a computer tech but can usually figure this out. Here is my hijackthis log. Please help, my computer is a train wreck right now. Thanks!! Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 …

Hi, How do give a permission to a user to read and write all the subdirectories and sub files in a folder? Code below gives permission on project_1 folder only. I need files and directories stored in project_1 as well. Thanks [code] sudo chmod 777 userme /var/www/project_1/ sudo chown -hR …

Having hardly used macs in my life, I am now borrowing an old iMac 3G (OS 10.2.8 I think) to temporarily host some php files. I have downloaded the latest version of MAMP to get the job done and done the whole unzipping/moving to apps folder thing. My problem comes …

Hi all, I have been trying to compile some c++ using GNU make. This involves linking with a third party library and it is this that seems to have caused the problem. The error message tells me that there are undefined references in my program to one of my own …

I recently solved a issue with this computer on this forum. My family member is now getting this pop up when windows boots up. ASking user to run installation wizard. Ran MBA-M and scan came back with nothing found. I will enclose that log and a HJT log. Thanks for …

When I boot up my computer, everything loads up fine; all my start-up programs; everything. But everytime I click on iTunes, Computer, My Documents, anything, it loads but windows explorer suddenly won't respond. I don't know what to do. Will anyone please help?

i have ubuntu 8.10 . how can share any folder from a drive such that every person in lan network computer can see that. (in xp we can just share in one right click) but how can we share in ubuntu. please would you guide me from begining.